love affair
noun
1
: a romantic attachment or episode between lovers
2
: a lively enthusiasm
America's love affair with baseball
Synonyms of love affair
Examples of love affair in a Sentence
the tabloids feel obliged to keep us informed of the love affairs of celebrities, whether we care to know or not
a group of young men united by their love affair with the muscle car
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Messi’s league-MVP season and Saturday’s fitting finish crowned what has been a South Florida relationship with professional soccer dating back more than 50 years, an on-off-on love affair.
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Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Hollywood has always had a love affair with thinness, but by the 2010s, society seemed to be changing.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
Thus began her nearly three-decade love affair with dance, the last 13 years of which have been with the beloved Radio City Rockettes.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The volatile political scene and the nature of art are discussed; so are all the mundane parts of daily life, like stomachaches and badly thought out teenage love affairs.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
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Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Hollywood has always had a love affair with thinness, but by the 2010s, society seemed to be changing.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
Thus began her nearly three-decade love affair with dance, the last 13 years of which have been with the beloved Radio City Rockettes.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
The volatile political scene and the nature of art are discussed; so are all the mundane parts of daily life, like stomachaches and badly thought out teenage love affairs.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for love affair
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“Love affair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/love%20affair. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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